The Clash Of Soldier s Duty - 1646 Words

Angela Keyu Lu Prof. Beirich History 202B June 1, 2015 The clash of Soldier’s Duty As a soldier in the military, follow commander’s order is their duty. Regardless of what soldiers were thinking about the war, as long as they put on the uniform, they are the soldiers, they are the one that fight for their people and their country; they have to follow their commander’s direction and order. Many soldiers choose to participate in the war due to their family needs, but later, after their training period in the military, they started to build their sense of duty and have an image of what they are going to do in this war, however, they often ignore the reality hidden behind the war. Both Bloods, Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An oral†¦show more content†¦Although the marine did not tell the reason why soldiers have to kill Vietnamese, Edward believed what marine told him. However when Edward actually fought in the war, he found out that those who he killed are innocent women and children. Edward’s sense of duty is to follow the order of the commander to fight for stop the spread of communism and also to kill the soldier of offensive communism army, however in the reality, he and his company killed many of the innocent people. He mentioned how once during the war, â€Å"A little girl screamed. I went inside the door. I’d done already shot her, and she was on top of the old man. I killed an old man and a little girl in the hut by accident. † Edward want to explain to someone but everyone was there to justify his actions and said it is not his fault, however, Edward does not want to hear it and all he wants after this is to go back home (Terry 42). Soldiers are not supposed to kill the innocent people who are the elder, women, children and without weapons. Once soldiers were there in the village to fight to free the Vietnams from being attacking by communism, soldiers should protect the innocent villagers instead of killing them. However in the reality, American soldiers, including Edward, were demons to Vietnamese people because of the indistinctive attacks toward everyone they saw. Edward’s duty is to fight in the war and follow his commander throughout,